Federal prosecutors claim a man who partook in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel gained legal status
Federal prosecutors claim a man who partook in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel gained legal status in the U.S. after lying on a visa application, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.
The suspect, 33-year-old Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, is accused of belonging to a paramilitary faction in Gaza that took part in the Hamas assault, which killed over 1,200 people, including Americans, and saw roughly 250 hostages dragged into Gaza. Al-Muhtadi allegedly helped organize armed fighters and entered Israel after the first wave of Hamas militants crossed the border, according to the 44-page complaint filed on Oct. 6 in the Western District of Louisiana.
Court records describe al-Muhtadi as an operative for the National Resistance Brigades, the militant wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine that fought alongside Hamas during the Oct.
